single-celled

Made up of only one cell. Bacteria are single-celled organisms.

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DO YOU KNOW THIS VOCABULARY FROM "THE HANDMAID'S TALE"?

"The Handmaid's Tale" was required reading for many of us in school. Everyone else has probably watched the very popular and addictive TV show. Do you remember this vocabulary from the book, and do you know what these terms mean?

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decorum

the act of or need for making up one's mind.

dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.

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Words nearby single-celled

single-action, single-barrel, single-blind, single-breasted, single-cell protein, single-celled, single-cross, single-cut, single-cut file, single-decker, single-digit

Example sentences from the Web for single-celled

Now the single-celled Infusorian is in many respects comparable with the single-celled germ of the higher animals.
Applied Eugenics|Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson
There are many kinds of these single-celled plants in the world.
Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures|Arabella B. Buckley
A single-celled, protoplasmic organism, which is constantly changing its form by protrusions and withdrawals of its substance.
A Practical Physiology|Albert F. Blaisdell
There still exist large numbers of similar “single-celled organisms.”
The History of Creation, Vol. II (of 2)|Ernst Haeckel

They are single-celled organisms and each individual has the prime factors of life, assimilation, growth and reproduction.
Birds and Nature Vol. 9 No. 1 [January 1901]|Various

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